| ▲ | hermannj314 4 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
If you are going to break the law under capitalism, you must do it sustainably. Facebook, Apple, et al have shown that the latency of judicial pipeline usually means a billion dollar in fines comes after several billion in profits. You profit from the lag between the crime and the consequence. I don't think social justice has that same profit pipeline, but I am not sure. There is an asymmetry in the type of evil our society allows. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | some_random 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
That's not true, they have an extremely robust pipeline in the form of donations that stream in as long as they publicly Do Something. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | KingOfCoders 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No the way to do it is this: Break the law, make $1B of illegal money, then get dragged to court and pay a $200M fine - while you keep most of the profit and your market position you illegally gained. Bonus: Shield all managers from personal accountability, best in a way that they got their bonus and salary and moved on a long time ago before the verdict hits. Best: Not get to court, but make an $100M outside court settlement. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | beambot 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
They just need to do what oil & gas (and other "dirty" industries) do to avoid reputcussions: form lots of shell companies to shield the parent. It becomes a hydra of corporations kinda like terrorist cells. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | threethirtytwo 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
>There is an asymmetry in the type of evil our society allows. Makes sense. Because society is evil, therefore our society allows evil. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||